Oil Droppings

I promised myself I'd give this one full season and see where it went. From the Oilers Wannabes at Golden Bears game on September 17 to...

I think I must have inherited that part of my Dad's genetic code that loved the St. Louis Cardinals. It was something we shared from my ...

I was 8 years old that spring of 1964 when I coined that phrase. It was my second Stanley Cup playoffs, and a memorable one. After the Leafs...

Steve Tambellini has returned to his roots, which seem to be as deeply entangled in Hockey Canada as in Vancouver. Yesterday's double-hi...

A popular myth maintains it's difficult for a dominant team to emerge in the Northwest Division cuz it's such a tough group top-to-b...

Pregame -- Canada 0, Russia 0 I love international hockey. Maybe one has to be a certain age to care as much as I do, but I'll make no a...

Semi-final day at the World Championships, and what's not to like? Russia-USA on now, followed by Canada-Sweden (noon MDT on TSN, not re...